The Data & Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday November 29 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenter will be Stephen Dorrian of Cboe, who will discuss market data in Europe.

On November 16, FIF submitted a letter to the SEC on CAT reporting for RFQ responses that are not immediately actionable.

FIF is excited to announce our 2023 Year-End Event, sponsored by Societe Generale. After opening remarks from Greg Zielinski, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Société Générale Americas, there will be two panels, the first focusing on technology, specifically trading and market data in the cloud and hybrid environments. The technology panel will feature Brian Pomraning of Exegy, Anand Pradhan of NYSE and Prerak Sanghvi of Clear Street. The second panel will focus on implementation challenges of new regulations in 2024 and beyond. The regulatory panel will feature Mark Davies of S3 and Judy McDonald of SIG, additional panelists will be announced soon. FIF Advisory Chair, Tom Jordan, will moderate both panels. Check back to this page for updates. The event will take place on December 5th at Societe Generale’s offices at 245 Park Avenue (enter the building on the Park Avenue side, Not the Lexington side), New York, NY 10167. Registration and networking begins at 3pm ET, the speaking engagement will be from 4-6pm ET with refreshments and networking afterwards from 6-7:30pm ET. FIF would like to thank Societe Generale for sponsoring this event. FIF Members may register for free here, non-members who are interested in attending may contact the program office at fifinfo@fif.com.

The Back Office Committee will have its next call on Tuesday November 14 at 11 am ET to review applicable FICC, DTC, NSCC, SEC, MSRB, OCC, IRS and FINRA updates during the past month. The spotlight presenter will be George Bollenbacher of Capital Market Advisors, who will discuss Getting to T+1 Settlement.

At the request of an FIF member, FIF has scheduled a call for the FIF electronic recordkeeping sub-group for Tuesday November 14 at 1:30 pm ET to discuss the requirement under SEC Rule 17a-11(c) for a broker-dealer to provide same-day notice to the SEC and FINRA if the firm fails to make and keep current any books and records required by SEC Rule 17a-3. If you are interested in participating in this discussion and are not already a participant in the FIF electronic recordkeeping sub-group, please send a note to fifinfo@fif.com, and we will include you in this discussion.